Shock us with that OSF Parts Price!

[Rally Pack 2000]

Just when you think you cant be shocked by the price of an OSF Part someone will just break that glass ceiling and and leave you flabbergasted (I rarely get to use that word in conversation 😛). Post those memorable ones that have left you gasping for air! Shock us, I dare you!

I will kick off with a familiar one that I posted on a parts wanted thread. A thousand quid for a plastic tube hidden behind the engine.

[Rally Pack 2000]

With Box

Without Box

[meXEco]

Lol I managed to pick up a fluid bottle for £15 I think it was in 2016-even then the prices for them were crazy-just got lucky.

[Rally Pack 2000]

3 hours ago, meXEco said:

Lol I managed to pick up a fluid bottle for £15 I think it was in 2016-even then the prices for them were crazy-just got lucky.

Fifteen quid? You lucky lucky b*********

[Xp197777]

I saw a boxed new cheese wedge washer bottle once make £1000 mind you I’ve never seen another boxed one

[Rally Pack 2000]

5 hours ago, Xp197777 said:

I saw a boxed new cheese wedge washer bottle once make £1000 mind you I’ve never seen another boxed one

Dont say that! Thats one of the items Im looking for as well! LOL The car never had its water bottle from the moment I got it an decades later I still haven't done anything about it. (work in progress and all that) The Trouble I have with the cheese wedge bottles is they look so old an weathered even in mint condition and the cheese name is well deserved cause that's their colour. I have been considering a later type bottle instead and you can get nice replica ones of those for 45 quid and they are nice and white.

[Xp197777]

Yes but it’s got to be original I’ve heard if you put them in the washing machine with a towel they come up well lol

[Rally Pack 2000]

11 minutes ago, Xp197777 said:

Yes but it’s got to be original I’ve heard if you put them in the washing machine with a towel they come up well lol

It would be original if my car was just a couple of years older though.

At those prices I would be too scared to pop one in the washing machine! I would end up with a bad of plastic bits im sure.

[Xp197777]

Probably but it has worked Apparently

[DT36]

2 hours ago, Xp197777 said:

Yes but it’s got to be original I’ve heard if you put them in the washing machine with a towel they come up well lol

I've done a washer bottle and an engine fan in the dishwasher. They come up really well and no heat damage.

[Rally Pack 2000]

6 hours ago, dt36 said:

I've done a washer bottle and an engine fan in the dishwasher. They come up really well and no heat damage.

Your wives must be right chuffed about all the car bits you guys put in the dishwashers, washing machines and ovens! They definitely must be keepers for their tolerance! LOL

[Xp197777]

No just got a fridge and washing machine in the garage one refreshes parts and the other holds beer which refreshes me 😂 lol

[Rally Pack 2000]

To be fair, while this seems very very high I actually bought one of these new from Ford back in the late 80s early 90s and it was 250 quid back then which I considered at the time proportionally one of the most expensive original parts I ever bought. Add for inflation and all that, it really is equivalent to the cost of the same back in the day. I see why most just adopt the RS style plain metal dash look instead.

[Jerrytom161]

Hard to get new what i am after but this guy has everything .... out of my price range ..... the search goes on !!lol

[Ray]

cheap dave, go for it, you know you want to, thats the first thing everyone sees, its a must

[katana]

7 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

What annoys me the most is the almost automatic addition of 'Sport, RS2000, Mexico' when it was never fitted and would look right out of place if it were!

[Huge]

Bought this from Australia in June when I refurbed Daisy’s fuel tank - £170 for a piece of NOS pipe that you don’t see 🤯

[Xp197777]

I’ve got one of those spare daisy didn’t realise you needed one

[katana]

2 hours ago, Xp197777 said:

I’ve got one of those spare daisy didn’t realise you needed one

Huge got the uprated version that was only fitted to Twin Cams, Rs2000's, Mexico's and RS1600's LOL!

I actually didn't know they had the extended ht. pick-up - obviously Ford knew fuel would get / have water contamination, shame Ford didn't make the tanks rust resistant at the same time!

[Ray]

3 hours ago, Huge said:

Bought this from Australia in June when I refurbed Daisy’s fuel tank - £170 for a piece of NOS pipe that you don’t see 🤯

Greg, i hope for that money you got all the arts that are missing from that picture, ie, filter, pipe union and olive (there are 2 size unions)

and next time ask, ive got a bag full of the dam things

[Rally Pack 2000]

8 hours ago, Jerrytom161 said:

Hard to get new what i am after but this guy has everything .... out of my price range ..... the search goes on !!lol

 

5 hours ago, Huge said:

Bought this from Australia in June when I refurbed Daisy’s fuel tank - £170 for a piece of NOS pipe that you don’t see 🤯

Ray and I both know where who you guys have been shopping with! LOL

A word of advice just use as a last resort when you absolutely know you wont get it anywhere else. Try resist that "I need it now and pay" frustration and be patient till a better priced version comes your way. But yes I have purchased there with lack of options.

@Jerrytom161 There was a seller on Ebay doing aftermarket ones of these just the other day as I needed one for my Twincam as well having never had the heater connected for the past quarter century. (Hey its Australia and I would just drive the Mk2 in Winter instead)

[Rally Pack 2000]

6 hours ago, katana said:

What annoys me the most is the almost automatic addition of 'Sport, RS2000, Mexico' when it was never fitted and would look right out of place if it were!

That's what Col refers to as the RS tax if im not mistaken.

[Huge]

6 hours ago, Xp197777 said:

I’ve got one of those spare daisy didn’t realise you needed one

👍 I did also go on to buy a spare for £20 😂

 

1 hour ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Try resist that "I need it now and pay" frustration and be patient till a better priced version comes your way.

Brilliant & yes but there’s a problem with that good, rational, sensible, advice ................the lack of patience, tbh I don’t mind waiting as long as I can have it NOW!!!!! 🤣

[Huge]

3 hours ago, Ray said:

, ive got a bag full of the dam things

No wonder I couldn’t find one 😭

[Ray]

RP, the repro heater matrixes you refer to are absolute junk tbh, i bought one a few years back, wrong physical size, incorect fpi and fluid channels, they basically hold half the amount of fluid a ford one does, i replaced that for a genuine ford NOS one in the end, what Dave aka jerrytom is after is a NOS genuine ford one, as most of the used ones usually leak, dave pressure tests them and most if not all hes bought have been leakers